47.1% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackillop · State Electorate
Religion in Mackillop
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Mackillop report having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in the own spiritual lives of residents. This lack of religious affiliation is much more common here than in most other similar areas, with the figure climbing steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 16 points since 2011 to reach 47.1%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 40.4%, followed by Islam at 1.5% and Buddhism at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mackillop, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 11.5%
- Uniting Church 8.5%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 7.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Mackillop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40029/mackillop/topic/religion